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1 scatter
I ['skætə(r)]1) (of houses, stars, papers) sparpagliamento m.2) statist. dispersione f.II 1. ['skætə(r)]1) (anche scatter around, scatter about) (throw around) spargere, disseminare [seeds, earth]; sparpagliare, disseminare [books, papers, clothes]; disperdere [ debris]to be scattered around o about essere sparpagliato qua e là; to be scattered with sth. — essere disseminato di qcs
2) (cause to disperse) disperdere, mettere in fuga [crowd, birds, crowd]2.verbo intransitivo [people, animals, birds] disperdersi, sparpagliarsi* * *['skætə]1) (to (make) go or rush in different directions: The sudden noise scattered the birds; The crowds scattered when the bomb exploded.) disperdere, disperdersi2) (to throw loosely in different directions: The load from the overturned lorry was scattered over the road.) sparpagliare, disseminare•- scattering
- scatterbrain
- scatterbrained* * *scatter /ˈskætə(r)/n.1 spargimento; sparpagliamento3 (fam.) piccola quantità; numero ridotto; manciata; pugno: a scatter of phone calls in the morning, telefonate sparse nella mattinata● ( radio, TV) scatter band, banda di dispersione □ (stat.) scatter chart, nube di punti □ scatter cushion, cuscino decorativo □ (stat.) scatter diagram, diagramma a dispersione (o a nube di punti) □ ( USA) scatter gun, fucile a pallettoni □ scatter rug, plaid decorativo □ scatter plot = scatter diagram ► sopra.(to) scatter /ˈskætə(r)/A v. t.1 cospargere; spargere; sparpagliare; gettare; diffondere; disseminare: to scatter salt on a road in winter, spargere sale su una strada d'inverno; to scatter seed, gettare il seme; to scatter the fields with seed, cospargere i campi di semente; to scatter light, diffondere la luce2 disperdere; sbaragliare; mettere in fuga: The mounted police scattered the demonstrators, la polizia a cavallo disperse i dimostranti; The shouts scattered the birds, le grida hanno messo in fuga gli uccelliB v. i.1 disperdersi; sparpagliarsi: The threatening clouds are scattering, le nubi minacciose si disperdono2 disperdersi; dividersi: The escaped prisoners scattered at the crossroads, all'incrocio gli evasi si sono divisi● to scatter money about, spendere e spandere □ to scatter to the four winds, gettare (o volare) da tutte le parti.* * *I ['skætə(r)]1) (of houses, stars, papers) sparpagliamento m.2) statist. dispersione f.II 1. ['skætə(r)]1) (anche scatter around, scatter about) (throw around) spargere, disseminare [seeds, earth]; sparpagliare, disseminare [books, papers, clothes]; disperdere [ debris]to be scattered around o about essere sparpagliato qua e là; to be scattered with sth. — essere disseminato di qcs
2) (cause to disperse) disperdere, mettere in fuga [crowd, birds, crowd]2.verbo intransitivo [people, animals, birds] disperdersi, sparpagliarsi -
2 scatter scat·ter
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3 scatter cushion
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4 scatter diagram
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5 scatter-brained
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6 scatterbrain scatter·brain n
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7 scatterbrained scatter·brained adj
['skætəˌbreɪnd]fam sventato (-a), sbadato (-a)English-Italian dictionary > scatterbrained scatter·brained adj
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8 disperse
[dɪ'spɜːs] 1.verbo transitivo (scatter) disperdere; (distribute) disseminare, sparpagliare; chim. decomporre [ particle]2.1) [ crowd] disperdersi2) [ mist] disperdersi, dissiparsi* * *[di'spə:s]1) (to (cause to) scatter in all directions: Some seeds are dispersed by the wind.) disperdere, disseminare2) (to (cause to) spread (news etc): Information is dispersed by volunteers who distribute leaflets.) divulgare3) (to (cause to) vanish: By this time the crowd had dispersed.) disperdere•* * *[dɪ'spɜːs] 1.verbo transitivo (scatter) disperdere; (distribute) disseminare, sparpagliare; chim. decomporre [ particle]2.1) [ crowd] disperdersi2) [ mist] disperdersi, dissiparsi -
9 dizzy
['dɪzɪ]1)to make sb. dizzy — fare venire o dare le vertigini a qcn.
to suffer from dizzy spells — soffrire di vertigini, avere giramenti di testa
to be dizzy with — essere ebbro di, stordito da [delight, surprise]
2) [ height] vertiginoso3) (scatter-brained) stupido, sciocco* * *['dizi]1) (giddy or confused: If you spin round and round like that, you'll make yourself dizzy.) (che ha le vertigini)2) (causing dizziness: dizzy heights.) vertiginoso•- dizzily- dizziness* * *dizzy /ˈdɪzɪ/a.1 che ha le vertigini; stordito: to feel dizzy, avere le vertigini (o il capogiro); to have a dizzy feeling, avere un senso di vertigine; She was dizzy with happiness, era stordita dalla felicità2 vertiginoso: a dizzy height, un'altezza vertiginosa; the dizzy pace of life in New York, il ritmo di vita vertiginoso di New York3 (fig.) confuso; frastornato● (fam.) dizzy Lizzie, svampita; oca giuliva □ to have a dizzy spell, avere un giramento di testa □ to make sb. dizzy, far venire le vertigini a q. □ (scherz.) dizzy heights, posizione molto prestigiosa: After ten years, she had reached the dizzy heights of a small part in a soap, dopo dieci anni, aveva raggiunto una posizione molto prestigiosa con una particina in una fiction tv.(to) dizzy /ˈdɪzɪ/v. t.2 frastornare; stordiredizzyinga.da capogiro, da far girar la testa: a dizzying speed [array of options], una velocità [una quantità di opzioni] da far girar la testa.* * *['dɪzɪ]1)to make sb. dizzy — fare venire o dare le vertigini a qcn.
to suffer from dizzy spells — soffrire di vertigini, avere giramenti di testa
to be dizzy with — essere ebbro di, stordito da [delight, surprise]
2) [ height] vertiginoso3) (scatter-brained) stupido, sciocco -
10 scattered
['skætəd] 1. 2.aggettivo [houses, villages, trees, population, clouds] sparso (qua e là); [books, litter] sparso, sparpagliato; [ support] sporadico, occasionale* * *adjective (occasional; not close together: Scattered showers are forecast for this morning; The few houses in the valley are very scattered.) sparso* * *scattered /ˈskætəd/a.● scattered showers, piogge sparse.* * *['skætəd] 1. 2. -
11 strew
[struː]verbo transitivo (pass. strewed; p.pass. strewed, strewn) sparpagliare [clothes, litter, paper] (on, over su); spargere [straw, flowers] (on, over su); disseminare [ wreckage] (on, over su)* * *[stru:]past tense - strewed; verb(to scatter: Rubbish was strewn about on the ground; The ground was strewn with rubbish.) spargere, disseminare* * *[struː] [struːn](scatter: sand, straw, wreckage) spargereto strew (with) — ricoprire (di)* * *[struː] -
12 sow
I [saʊ]nome scrofa f.II [səʊ]to sow the seeds of doubt — fig. gettare il seme del dubbio
* * *I [səu] past tense - sowed; verb1) (to scatter over, or put in, the ground: I sowed lettuce in this part of the garden.)2) (to plant seed over: This field has been sown with wheat.)II noun(a female pig.)* * *I [səʊ] II [saʊ] n* * *sow /saʊ/n.● (zool. USA) sow bug, ( Oniscus murarius) onisco, porcellino di terra (o delle cantine); □ (bot.) sow thistle ( Sonchus oleraceus), crespigno; cicerbita □ as drunk as a sow, ubriaco fradicio □ (fig.) to get the wrong sow by the ear, prendere una cantonata (o un granchio).(to) sow /səʊ/seminare ( anche fig.); fare la semina; disseminare; spargere; cospargere: to sow wheat, seminare il grano; to sow a field with wheat, seminare un campo a grano; to sow ( the seeds of) suspicion, seminare il sospetto; to sow ( the seeds of) dissension, seminare discordia (o zizzania); to sow the floor with playing cards, seminare carte da gioco sul pavimento● (fig.) to sow one's wild oats, correre la cavallina; sfogare i bollori giovanili □ (prov.) As you sow, so shall you reap, si raccoglie quel che si semina; chi la fa l'aspetti □ (prov.) He that sows the wind will reap the whirlwind, chi semina vento, raccoglie tempesta.* * *I [saʊ]nome scrofa f.II [səʊ]to sow the seeds of doubt — fig. gettare il seme del dubbio
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13 sprinkle
I ['sprɪŋkl] II ['sprɪŋkl]1)to sprinkle sth. with sth. to sprinkle sth. on o over sth. spargere qcs. su qcs., cospargere o spolverare qcs. di qcs.; to sprinkle sth. with water — spruzzare acqua su qcs
* * *['spriŋkl](to scatter something over something else in small drops or bits: He sprinkled salt over his food; He sprinkled the roses with water.) spargere, cospargere; spruzzare- sprinkling* * *sprinkle /ˈsprɪŋkl/n.1 spruzzatina; aspersione(to) sprinkle /ˈsprɪŋkl/A v. t.1 spruzzare; spargere; aspergere; cospargere; annaffiare: to sprinkle water, spruzzare acqua; to sprinkle sugar over (o on) a fruit salad, spargere zucchero su una macedonia; to sprinkle the road with water, annaffiare la strada2 sparpagliare; disseminare; spargere qua e là3 ( cucina) spolverizzare ( un dolce): ‘Sprinkle with icing sugar’ ( istruzione o ricetta), ‘spolverizzate con lo zucchero a velo’4 (fig.) disseminare: to sprinkle a speech with quotations from the Bible, disseminare un discorso di citazioni biblicheB v. i.2 piovigginare.* * *I ['sprɪŋkl] II ['sprɪŋkl]1)to sprinkle sth. with sth. to sprinkle sth. on o over sth. spargere qcs. su qcs., cospargere o spolverare qcs. di qcs.; to sprinkle sth. with water — spruzzare acqua su qcs
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14 spread out
spread out [ group] disperdersi; [wings, tail] spiegarsi; [landscape, town, woods] estendersi; spread [sth.] out, spread out [sth.]1) (open out) aprire, spiegare, (di)stendere [cloth, map, newspaper]; (flatten out) stendere [ rug]2) (distribute over area) stendere, spiegare [ map]; sparpagliare [trinkets, cards]; distribuire, dislocare [ troops]* * *1) (to extend or stretch out: The fields spread out in front of him.) stendersi2) (to distribute over a wide area or period of time: She spread the leaflets out on the table.) sparpagliare3) (to scatter and go in different directions, in order to cover a wider area: They spread out and began to search the entire area.) sparpagliarsi* * *1. vi + adv(view, valley) stendersi, (soldiers, police) disporsi2. vt + advSee:spread 2., 1),* * *spread out [ group] disperdersi; [wings, tail] spiegarsi; [landscape, town, woods] estendersi; spread [sth.] out, spread out [sth.]1) (open out) aprire, spiegare, (di)stendere [cloth, map, newspaper]; (flatten out) stendere [ rug]2) (distribute over area) stendere, spiegare [ map]; sparpagliare [trinkets, cards]; distribuire, dislocare [ troops]
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